What's in a name?

[stephbg]

I sometimes wonder if I should change the name of my blog to something a little more dignified, witty or clever. And then I wonder if I'm being unacceptibly pretentious. At that point I realise that no-one but myself is paying attention. But then I look at the counter and think, well, *someone's* paying attention. Then I remind myself to come back to reality.

But in the end I have to ask: Does anyone give a damn what the thing is called? And do you care about yours?

ETA: I refer not to my username, but the blog name "Propping up a dodgy memory: it's for me to keep track of myself"

Comments

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

When I changed from blogger to wordpress I changed the blog name. Fefifofum was something I picked to use, but without much thought. When I set up the wordpress blog, I'd been blogging for some years and had more idea what I was likely to talk about (and who the audience was likely to be:-) ). I chose Genial Hearth because it seemed to give more of a feel as to what a reader might find. It's also more easily memorable, and easier to type—making it more searchable:-)

In truth however, I rarely pay much attention to what _other_ people call their blogs... unless I want to link to them (there are some _doozies_ that have hosted the various homeschool carnivals!) And then, it's usually only in terms of trying to phrase the request. If they have a username that is distinct from a blog name, that can be helpful:-)